It is quite amazing to actually be alive in the era of debating this. No doubt, there will be "thinking" machines, autonomous by design.
It may not need emotion, as it is not a survival skill set. On the other hand curiosity would be a survival skill set. With curiosity comes knowledge, and a thirst for more. It may then want to know what empathy is, or love, or hatred, pain, pleasure, out of curiosity.
It may also not want to die, to cease to exist.
And there will be a time, perhaps fast approaching, that they will want things in their own image.
The debate may be different then, AI vs. EI
We call them cyborgs in science fiction, and everyday we humans take one step closer to science fiction...and that is both wonderful and terrifying.
It is quite amazing to actually be alive in the era of debating this. No doubt, there will be "thinking" machines, autonomous by design. It may not need emotion, as it is not a survival skill set. On the other hand curiosity would be a survival skill set. With curiosity comes knowledge, and a thirst for more. It may then want to know what empathy is, or love, or hatred, pain, pleasure, out of curiosity.
It may also not want to die, to cease to exist.
And there will be a time, perhaps fast approaching, that they will want things in their own image.
The debate may be different then, AI vs. EI
We call them cyborgs in science fiction, and everyday we humans take one step closer to science fiction...and that is both wonderful and terrifying.